Documentary filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos, who highlighted life after the 2018 Camp Fire, lost everything in the Palisades Fire in a terrifying case of life imitating art.

Watching those towns burn on TV and listening to, ‘No rain in a long time; 85 mph winds; can’t get air support up … (It’s) exactly what we went through,” said the mayor of

T housands of personnel—firefighters, first responders, and the National Guard—have turned their attention towards stifling the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires, some of the worst California has ever seen.

"The experience of losing your home is like a cleaver splitting life into two parts, the before and the after."

The Los Angeles wildfires have reduced entire communities to ash, prompting some of those who lost their homes to vow to rebuild in the same spot they called home.

Early estimates show that the total damage and economic loss due to the Los Angeles wildfires could be between $60 billion and $130 billion.

As fires continue to displace tens of thousands of people in Los Angeles County, experts worry about the long-term effects on the already dire homelessness crisis.

As fires continue to burn in Los Angeles County, the devastation is a painful reminder for survivors of the Camp Fire.

The Palisades and Eaton fires are now among the most destructive in California’s history in terms of the number of structures destroyed, according to Cal Fire.

Paradise is six years into rebuilding its town, and since then, leaders have improved on evacuation procedures, learned how to guide rebuilding, and set prospects for building fire-wise communities.

When Lucy Walker debuted her harrowing documentary about California wildfires, "Bring Your Own Brigade," at Sundance in 2021, it was during peak COVID.